LIFE IN THE SPIRIT VIDEO

God wants us to experience life in the Spirit for ourselves. We have to ask ourselves, would God give us every spiritual blessing and then put them in a place where we cannot access them? Certainly not! He made us to experience life in the Spirit, so we could receive all the blessings of Jesus.

EPH 1:3 God said to him, ‘Go! Leave behind your country and your relatives. Begin your journey and come to the land that I will show you.’  TPT

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EPH 1:3  My ministry is not measured by the size of my prison cell. I am confined by his grace; Christ Jesus is the prison keeper. You are why I am here. (Grace measures my ministry; this prison cell cannot contain or hide my message from you!)  MIRROR

EPH 4:23  Now it’s time to be made new by every revelation that’s been given to you.  TPT

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EPH 4::23 23Now it’s time to be made new by every revelation that’s been given to you. MIRROR

Ezek 37:1 God grabbed me. God’s Spirit took me up and sat me down in the middle of an open plain strewn with bones.

2 He led me around and among them — a lot of bones! There were bones all over the plain — dry bones, bleached by the sun.

3 He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said, “Master God, only you know that.”

4 He said to me, “Prophesy over these bones: ‘Dry bones, listen to the Message of God!'”

5 God, the Master, told the dry bones, “Watch this: I’m bringing the breath of life to you and you’ll come to life.

6 I’ll attach sinews to you, put meat on your bones, cover you with skin, and breathe life into you. You’ll come alive and you’ll realize that I am God!”

7 I prophesied just as I’d been commanded. As I prophesied, there was a sound and, oh, rustling! The bones moved and came together, bone to bone.

8 I kept watching. Sinews formed, then muscles on the bones, then skin stretched over them. But they had no breath in them.

9 He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath. Prophesy, son of man. Tell the breath, ‘God, the Master, says, Come from the four winds. Come, breath. Breathe on these slain bodies. Breathe life!'”

10 So I prophesied, just as he commanded me. The breath entered them and they came alive! They stood up on their feet, a huge army. MSG

Eph 6:18  In the same way, prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray hard and long. Pray for your brothers and sisters. Keep your eyes open. Keep each other’s spirits up so that no one falls behind or drops out. MSG  ↓↓↓

EH 6:18  Prayer is an ongoing conversation; praying in the spirit includes every form of prayer, whether it be a prayer of request or a prayer of thanksgiving, or worship or interceding for all to realize their saintly innocence. Oh, and remember, you do not have to do all the talking! Always be attentive to the voice of the Spirit.   MIRROR

Eph 6:18 In the same way, prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray hard and long. Pray for your brothers and sisters. Keep your eyes open. Keep each other’s spirits up so that no one falls behind or drops out. MSG

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ [the Messiah Himself] died for sins once for all, the Righteous for the unrighteous (the Just for the unjust, the Innocent for the guilty), that He might bring us to God. In His human body He was put to death, but He was made alive in the spirit,

19 In which He went and preached to the spirits in prison,

20 [The souls of those] who long before in the days of Noah had been disobedient, when God’s patience waited during the building of the ark in which a few [people], actually eight in number, were saved through water.  AMP

1 Peter 3:22  [And He] has now entered into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with [all] angels and authorities and powers made subservient to Him. AMP

1 Peter 4:6 Listen to the Message. It was preached to those believers who are now dead, and yet even though they died (just as all people must), they will still get in on the life that God has given in Jesus. MSG

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1 PET 4:6  This is the reason the gospel was preached to the martyrs before they gave their lives. Even though they were judged by human standards, now they live in spirit by God’s standards. 6This is the reason the gospel was preached to the martyrs before they gave their lives. Even though they were judged by human standards, now they live in spirit by God’s standards. TPT

Rev 1:10  It was Sunday and I was in the Spirit, praying. I heard a loud voice behind me, trumpet-clear and piercing: MSG

Gal 5:25  Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives.

26 That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original. MSG

GAL 5:16 I conclude: engage your spirit to be the dominant influence in your daily walk and see how it defeats the cravings of flesh.  MIRROR

2 COR 5:18 Now, we all, with new understanding, see ourselves in him as in a mirror. The days of window-shopping are over! In him every face is 1unveiled. In 2gazing with wonder at the 5blueprint of God displayed in human form, we suddenly realize that we are looking into a mirror, where every feature of his 3image, articulated in Christ, is 2reflected within us! The Spirit of the Lord engineers this radical 4transformation; we are led 6from an inferior 5mind-set to the revealed 5endorsement of our authentic identity.  (We’ve got our masks off and God’s brilliance is bouncing off our faces! We’re glowing from knowing! MIRROR

EPH 3:16-And I pray that he would unveil within you the unlimited riches of his glory and favor until supernatural strength floods your innermost being with his divine might and explosive power.

17 Then, by constantly using your faith, the life of Christ will be released deep inside you, and the resting place of his love will become the very source and root of your life.

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Eph 3:16- I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit — not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength — 

17 that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, MSG

Rom 8:11  It stands to reason, doesn’t it, that if the alive-and-present God who raised Jesus from the dead moves into your life, he’ll do the same thing in you that he did in Jesus, bringing you alive to himself? When God lives and breathes in you (and he does, as surely as he did in Jesus), you are delivered from that dead life. With his Spirit living in you, your body will be as alive as Christ’s!

12 So don’t you see that we don’t owe this old do-it-yourself life one red cent.

13 There’s nothing in it for us, nothing at all. The best thing to do is give it a decent burial and get on with your new life.

14 God’s Spirit beckons. There are things to do and places to go!

(from THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.)

Rom 1:4 his unique identity as Son of God was shown by the Spirit when Jesus was raised from the dead, setting him apart as the Messiah, our Master.

5 Through him we received both the generous gift of his life and the urgent task of passing it on to others who receive it by entering into obedient trust in Jesus.

6 You are who you are through this gift and call of Jesus Christ!  MSG

Gal 5:18  Why don’t you choose to be led by the Spirit and so escape the erratic compulsions of a law-dominated existence?  MSG

Gal 5:22  But what happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard — things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments,

23 not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely. Legalism is helpless in bringing this about; it only gets in the way. MSG

GAL 5:22-23 Your spirit effortlessly bears the rich harvest of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, integrity, gentleness and self control; all these individually reveal the irresistible attraction of the inner-life of our design. (They are not fading, fragile emotions produced by willpower. This is the fruit of what you know in your spirit to be true about you. Fruit is the effortless, spontaneous expression of the character of the tree. Rest in the awareness and assurance of who you really are!)

23 Legalism can neither match nor contradict this. There is no law against love! MIRROR

COL 3:1 See yourselves co-raised with Christ! Now ponder with persuasion the consequence of your co-inclusion in him. Relocate yourselves mentally! Engage your thoughts with throne room realities where you are co-seated with Christ in the executive authority of God’s right hand.  MIRROR

Eph 2:6 And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together [giving us joint seating with Him] in the heavenly sphere [by virtue of our being] in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

7 He did this that He might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come the immeasurable (limitless, surpassing) riches of His free grace (His unmerited favor) in [His] kindness and goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus. AMP

GRATITUDE 7-19-24 VIDEO SKIT GUYS THANKS

A heart filled with gratitude will be so prominent in the days to come. It’s the prominent feeling the Spirit will bring during praise and worship. Gratitude is humility. It reaches the heart of God. It is deeper than thankfulness. A grateful heart in us opens the heavens. Prayer is supposed to be used to express our gratitude. Our gratitude is not only for what God gives, but for who He is.

Hezekiah 2 Chron 32:24 Some time later Hezekiah became deathly sick. He prayed to God and was given a reassuring sign.

25 But the sign, instead of making Hezekiah grateful, made him arrogant. This made God angry, and his anger spilled over on Judah and Jerusalem.

26 But then Hezekiah, and Jerusalem with him, repented of his arrogance, and God withdrew his anger while Hezekiah lived.

27 Hezekiah ended up very wealthy and much honored. He built treasuries for all his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and valuables,

28 barns for the grain, new wine, and olive oil, stalls for his various breeds of cattle, and pens for his flocks.

29 He founded royal cities for himself and built up huge stocks of sheep and cattle. God saw to it that he was extravagantly rich.  MSG

Luke 7:47  Impressive, isn’t it? She was forgiven many, many sins, and so she is very, very grateful. If the forgiveness is minimal, the gratitude is minimal.”  MSG

John 11:41 Then, to the others, “Go ahead, take away the stone.”They removed the stone. Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and prayed, “Father, I’m grateful that you have listened to me.  MSG   

EPH 5:20 Because you are identified in the Name of Jesus Christ, you can afford to always overflow in gratitude to the Father, 1in spite of everything that happens to you. You are not under circumstances but above circumstances because you are in him!  MIRROR

LUKE 7:44 He then turned to the woman and said to Simon, “While you are both equally debt free and neither of you are under any obligation, 1look at her, consider how much affection and love she bestows on me! When I arrived at your house, no water was given me for my feet; but this lady washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.

45 You didn’t greet me with a kiss, but since I arrived, she hasn’t stopped kissing my feet with affection!

46 You did not even anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with fragrant ointment!

47 Do you now see what 1grace means? However much out of sync with her blueprint she was and however many her distortions were, she had been perfectly freed of all! To be forgiven means that whatever your sins were, they no longer define you! They were and never can be who you really are! She arrived here earlier, purposefully prepared with an alabaster flask of very expensive perfume, to show how extravagantly much she loved me! He who does not understand the full extent of forgiveness, is like the man who shows only polite appreciation.  MIRROR

 Luke 17:15  One of them, when he realized that he was healed, turned around and came back, shouting his gratitude, glorifying God.

16 He kneeled at Jesus’ feet, so grateful. He couldn’t thank him enough — and he was a Samaritan. MSG

1 Sam 12:24 Only fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; for consider how great are the things He has done for you. AMP

Ps 118:28 You’re my God, and I thank you. O my God, I lift high your praise.

29 Thank God — he’s so good. His love never quits! MSG

Rom 12:3  I’m speaking to you out of deep gratitude for all that God has given me, and especially as I have responsibilities in relation to you. Living then, as every one of you does, in pure grace, it’s important that you not misinterpret yourselves as people who are bringing this goodness to God. No, God brings it all to you. The only accurate way to understand ourselves is by what God is and by what he does for us, not by what we are and what we do for him. MSG

2 COR 9:15 Gratitude is the language of grace! Your giving has given a voice to his gift, beyond words!  MIRROR

2 Cor 9:15 Thank God for this gift, his gift. No language can praise it enough! MSG

Col 4:2  Pray diligently. Stay alert, with your eyes wide open in gratitude. MSG

1 Cor 14:18  I’m grateful to God for the gift of praying in tongues that he gives us for praising him, which leads to wonderful intimacies we enjoy with him. I enter into this as much or more than any of you. MSG

Lam 3:22 God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out, his merciful love couldn’t have dried up.

23 They’re created new every morning. How great your faithfulness!

24 I’m sticking with God (I say it over and over). He’s all I’ve got left. MSG

Ex 15:11 Who compares with you among gods, O God? Who compares with you in power, in holy majesty, In awesome praises, wonder-working God?  MSG

PS 89:8 So awesome are you, O  Yahweh, Lord God of Angel Armies! Where could we find anyone as glorious as you? Your faithfulness shines all around you! TPT

Ps 63:6 If I’m sleepless at midnight, I spend the hours in grateful reflection.

7 Because you’ve always stood up for me, I’m free to run and play. MSG

Matt 8:4 Jesus said, “Don’t talk about this all over town. Just quietly present your healed body to the priest, along with the appropriate expressions of thanks to God. Your cleansed and grateful life, not your words, will bear witness to what I have done.”  MSG

Luke 7:16 They all realized they were in a place of holy mystery, that God was at work among them. They were quietly worshipful — and then noisily grateful, calling out among themselves, “God is back, looking to the needs of his people!” MSG

1 Tim 1:12 I’m so grateful to Christ Jesus for making me adequate to do this work. He went out on a limb, you know, in trusting me with this ministry.

13 The only credentials I brought to it were invective and witch hunts and arrogance. But I was treated mercifully because I didn’t know what I was doing — didn’t know Who I was doing it against!

14 Grace mixed with faith and love poured over me and into me. And all because of Jesus.

15 Here’s a word you can take to heart and depend on: Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. I’m proof — Public Sinner Number One — 

16 of someone who could never have made it apart from sheer mercy. And now he shows me off — evidence of his endless patience — to those who are right on the edge of trusting him forever.  MSG

Luke 7:16  They all realized they were in a place of holy mystery, that God was at work among them. They were quietly worshipful — and then noisily grateful, calling out among themselves, “God is back, looking to the needs of his people!” MSG

Isa 29:24  Those who got off-track will get back on-track, and complainers and whiners learn gratitude.” MSG

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TIME TO ADVANCE 7-14-24 VIDEO

We have hid long enough. We have put off till tomorrow, what is ours today! It is time to move. You can’t take new land or defeat the enemy unless you’re moving forward. When Jesus was arrested, his disciples ran because they were afraid, but Jesus moved forward. He came to restore mankind. Once the power of the Holy Spirit came, the disciples never hide again.

MATT 26:54 -But that would thwart the prophetic plan of God. For it has been written that it would happen this way.”

55 Then Jesus turned to the mob and said, “Why would you arrest me with swords and clubs as though I were an outlaw? Day after day I sat in the temple courts with you, teaching the people, yet you didn’t arrest me.

56 But all of this fulfills the prophecies of the Scriptures .”At that point all of his disciples ran away and abandoned him.  TPT

JOHN 20:19 That evening of the first day of the week, the disciples were gathered in a room with the doors locked because they were afraid of the Jews. Suddenly Jesus stepped into their midst and said, “Shalom

20 Then he showed them his scarred hands and side and having now seen the Lord for themselves, they were exceedingly glad!

21 Again he repeated his salutation and said, “Peace be unto you! Just as the Father has commissioned me so do I now send you!”

22 Having said this he breathed an effusion of Spirit upon them and said, “Take Holy Spirit as your Companion.” MIRROR

Isa 43:18- Do not [earnestly] remember the former things; neither consider the things of old.

19 Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. AMP

LUKE 24:48 for you are my witnesses and have seen for yourselves all that has transpired.

49 I will send the fulfillment of the Father’s promise to you, so stay here in the city until you are clothed with the mighty power of heaven.” TPT

Acts 2:1 When the Feast of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.

2 Without warning there was a sound like a strong wind, gale force — no one could tell where it came from. It filled the whole building.

3 Then, like a wildfire, the Holy Spirit spread through their ranks,

4 and they started speaking in a number of different languages as the Spirit prompted them. MSG

Acts 2:14 That’s when Peter stood up and, backed by the other eleven, spoke out with bold urgency: “Fellow Jews, all of you who are visiting Jerusalem, listen carefully and get this story straight.

15 These people aren’t drunk as some of you suspect. They haven’t had time to get drunk — it’s only nine o’clock in the morning.

16 This is what the prophet Joel announced would happen:

17 “In the Last Days,” God says, “I will pour out my Spirit on every kind of people: Your sons will prophesy, also your daughters; Your young men will see visions, your old men dream dreams.

18 When the time comes, I’ll pour out my Spirit On those who serve me, men and women both, and they’ll prophesy.  MSG

1 Sam 17:48 When the Philistine came forward to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.  AMP

Ex 14:13  Moses told the people, Fear not; stand still (firm, confident, undismayed) and see the salvation of the Lord which He will work for you today. For the Egyptians you have seen today you shall never see again. 

14 The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace and remain at rest. 

15 The Lord said to Moses, Why do you cry to Me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward!   AMP

Eph 4:1 In light of all this, here’s what I want you to do. While I’m locked up here, a prisoner for the Master, I want you to get out there and walk — better yet, run! — on the road God called you to travel. I don’t want any of you sitting around on your hands. I don’t want anyone strolling off, down some path that goes nowhere. MSG

Gal 5:25 Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives.

26 That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original. MSG

GAL 5:25 Because faith defines us and not flesh, we take our lead from the spirit in our daily conduct. There is an authority in our step; we are marching in rank like soldiers!

26 Quit your efforts to try and impress one another. The law of works reduces your life to envious comparison and petty competition, while love only always seeks the advantage of the other!  MIRROR

Prov 6:4  Don’t procrastinate —  there’s no time to lose.

5 Run like a deer from the hunter, fly like a bird from the trapper! MSG

Hag 1:2  A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: “The people procrastinate. They say this isn’t the right time to rebuild my Temple, the Temple of God.”

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Luke 9:62 Jesus said to him, No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back [to the things behind] is fit for the kingdom of God.  AMP

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Luke 9:62  Jesus said, “No procrastination. No backward looks. You can’t put God’s kingdom off till tomorrow. Seize the day.” MSG

Phil 3:13 Friends, don’t get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I’ve got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward — to Jesus.

14 I’m off and running, and I’m not turning back. MSG

2 COR 10:3 The fact that we are living in a physical world in human bodies of flesh does not mean that we engage ourselves in a combat dictated to by the typical “tit-for-tat” strategies of religion and the politics of the day.

4 The dynamic of our strategy is revealed in God’s ability to disengage mindsets and perceptions that have held people captive in pseudo fortresses for centuries!

5 Every lofty idea and argument positioned against God’s knowledge of us, is cast down and exposed to be a mere invention of our own imagination. We arrest every thought at spear point – anything that could possibly trigger an opposing threat to our redeemed identity and innocence is taken captive. The caliber of our weapon is empowered by the revelation of the ultimate consequence of the obedience of Christ.   MIRROR

Heb 10:22 So let’s do it — full of belief, confident that we’re presentable inside and out.

23 Let’s keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. He always keeps his word.

24 Let’s see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out,

25 not avoiding worshiping together as some do but spurring each other on, especially as we see the big Day approaching. MSG

HEB 10:22 we come closer to God and approach him with an open heart, fully convinced that nothing will keep us at a distance from him. For our hearts have been sprinkled with blood to remove impurity, and we have been freed from an accusing conscience. Now we are clean, unstained, and presentable to God inside and out!

23 So now wrap your heart tightly around the hope that lives within us, knowing that God always keeps his promises!

24 Discover creative ways to encourage others and to motivate them toward acts of compassion, doing beautiful works as expressions of love.

25 This is not the time to pull away and neglect meeting together, as some have formed the habit of doing. In fact, we should come together even more frequently, eager to encourage and urge each other onward as we anticipate that day dawning. TPT

Prov 3:5 Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure out everything on your own.

6 Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track.

7 Don’t assume that you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil!

8 Your body will glow with health, your very bones will vibrate with life! MSG

PROV 3: 5 Trust in the Lord completely, and do not rely on your own opinions.

With all your heart rely on him to guide you, and he will lead you in every decision you make.

6 Become intimate with him in whatever you do,and he will lead you wherever you go.

7 Don’t think for a moment that you know it all, for wisdom comes when you adore him with undivided devotion and avoid everything that’s wrong.

8 Then you will find the healing refreshment your body and spirit long for.   TPT

2 Cor 5:7  It’s what we trust in but don’t yet see that keeps us going.

8 Do you suppose a few ruts in the road or rocks in the path are going to stop us? When the time comes, we’ll be plenty ready to exchange exile for homecoming. MSG

2 COR 5:7 for we live by faith, not by what we see with our eyes.

8 We live with a joyful confidence, yet at the same time we take delight in the thought of leaving our bodies behind to be at home with the Lord. TPT

Rom 8:18 [But what of that?] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time (this present life) are not worth being compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us and for us and conferred on us!

19 For [even the whole] creation (all nature) waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God’s sons to be made known [waits for the revealing, the disclosing of their sonship]. AMP

Rom 12:1 So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life — your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life — and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.

2 Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you. MSG

ROM 12 21 Do not let evil be an excuse for you to feel defeated, rather seize the opportunity to turn the situation into a victory for good.  MIRROR

GOD IS ON OUR SIDE 7-12-24 VIDEO PROTECTION EVANS

The Lord is most called upon when we are in trouble. However, He doesn’t mind that at all. During our times of trouble, He positions Himself to come to our aid and to help us. What is trouble? It’s anything that torments our hearts and minds trying to rob us of our peace. God can send angels and times of trouble.

PS 46:1-2 God, you’re such a safe and powerful place to find refuge! You’re a proven help in time of trouble— more than enough and always available whenever I need you.

2 So we will never fear even if every structure of support were to crumble away. We will not fear even when the earth quakes and shakes, moving mountains and casting them into the sea.  TPT

Job 5:19 He will rescue you in six troubles; in seven nothing that is evil [for you] will touch you.  AMP

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Job 5:19 From one disaster after another he delivers you; no matter what the calamity, the evil can’t touch you —  MSG

Isa 65:16 Then whoever prays a blessing in the land will use my faithful name for the blessing, And whoever takes an oath in the land will use my faithful name for the oath, Because the earlier troubles are gone and forgotten, banished far from my sight.

New Heavens and a New Earth

17 “Pay close attention now: I’m creating new heavens and a new earth. All the earlier troubles, chaos, and pain are things of the past, to be forgotten. MSG

Ps 34:17  Is anyone crying for help? God is listening, ready to rescue you.

18 If your heart is broken, you’ll find God right there; if you’re kicked in the gut, he’ll help you catch your breath.

19 Disciples so often get into trouble; still, God is there every time

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Ps 34:20 He’s your bodyguard, shielding every bone; not even a finger gets broken.  MSG

PS 34:17 Yet when holy lovers of God cry out to him with all their hearts, the Lord will hear them and come to rescue them from all their troubles.

18 The Lord is close to all whose hearts are crushed by pain, and he is always ready to restore the repentant one.

19 Even when bad things happen to the good and godly ones, the Lord will save them and not let them be defeated by what they face.

20 God will be your bodyguard to protect you when trouble is near. Not one bone will be broken.  TPT

ROM 5:3  Our blissful boasting in him remains uninterrupted in times of trouble; we know that pressure reveals patience. Tribulation does not have what it takes to nullify what hope knows we have! There is no contradiction of any proportion that we can possibly face that has what it takes to exasperate us or distance us from God. Our consciousness of his inseparable nearness immediately reinforces us to extend the same tangible closeness to you in your difficult times, and together we snuggle up in the comfort of his intimate embrace!  MIRROR

PS 27:5-6  In the day of trouble, he will treasure me in his shelter, under the cover of his tent. He will lift me high upon a rock, out of reach from all my enemies who surround me. Triumphant now, I’ll bring him my offerings of praise, singing and shouting with ecstatic joy! Yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh!

7 Hear my cry. Show me mercy, and send the help I need!  TPT

Ps 37:39 The spacious, free life is from God, it’s also protected and safe.

40 God-strengthened, we’re delivered from evil —  when we run to him, he saves us.

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Ps 86:7 Every time I’m in trouble I call on you, confident that you’ll answer. MSG

1 Sam 30:1 Three days later, David and his men arrived back in Ziklag. Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They tore Ziklag to pieces and then burned it down.

2 They captured all the women, young and old. They didn’t kill anyone, but drove them like a herd of cattle.

3 By the time David and his men entered the village, it had been burned to the ground, and their wives, sons, and daughters all taken prisoner.

4 David and his men burst out in loud wails — wept and wept until they were exhausted with weeping.

5 David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken prisoner along with the rest.

6 And suddenly David was in even worse trouble. There was talk among the men, bitter over the loss of their families, of stoning him. David strengthened himself with trust in his God. MSG

1 Sam 30:8  Then David prayed to God, “Shall I go after these raiders? Can I catch them?” The answer came, “Go after them! Yes, you’ll catch them! Yes, you’ll make the rescue!”  MSG

1 Sam 30:17 David pounced. He fought them from before sunrise until evening of the next day. None got away except for four hundred of the younger men who escaped by riding off on camels.

18 David rescued everything the Amalekites had taken. And he rescued his two wives!

19 Nothing and no one was missing — young or old, son or daughter, plunder or whatever. David recovered the whole lot. MSG

2 Kings 6:16 [Elisha] answered, Fear not; for those with us are more than those with them.

17 Then Elisha prayed, Lord, I pray You, open his eyes that he may see. And the Lord opened the young man’s eyes, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. AMP

Nah 1:7 God is good, a hiding place in tough times. He recognizes and welcomes anyone looking for help,

8 No matter how desperate the trouble. But cozy islands of escape He wipes right off the map. No one gets away from God. MSG

Hab 3:19The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds’ feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]! For the Chief Musician; with my stringed instruments.  AMP

Matt 6:34 “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes. MSG

2 Cor 1:4 He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, he brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us.

5 We have plenty of hard times that come from following the Messiah, but no more so than the good times of his healing comfort — we get a full measure of that, too. MSG

2 COR 1:4-5 There is no contradiction of any proportion that we can possibly face that has what it takes to exasperate us or distance us from God. Our consciousness of his inseparable nearness immediately reinforces us to extend the same tangible closeness to you in your difficult times, and together we snuggle up in the 1comfort of his intimate embrace!

5 This bliss and closeness we now participate in was made possible through the enormous consequence of the sufferings of Christ. The overwhelming extent of his sufferings brought about this equally overwhelming sense of inseparable oneness!  

MIRROR

LUKE 10:41 Jesus answered her, Martha, Martha! You are occupied with anxious and troubled thoughts about many things!

42 Those many things that clutter your mind are all very brief and of little importance compared to the one thing that outweighs them all! This one thing deserves your undivided attention – Mary has sourced her permanent portion in this beautiful conversation.   MIRROR

LUKE 12:25 Why waste a moment worrying about wanting to be just a little taller than what you are!

26 Young people growing up, sometimes wish they could fast-forward the process! Relax and enjoy the moment! No amount of anxiety can create time!

27 Observe how effortlessly wildflowers grow; they don’t sweat or spin. Now, imagine the extravagant wardrobe of Solomon and his exquisite collection of brand-name clothes! I tell you, his most favorite robe would pale by comparison to any of these flowers.

28 Such exuberance and beauty seem wasted on mere vegetation that blooms today and becomes fuel for an oven tomorrow, how much more certainly will he clothe you? Why be so brief in your belief?

29 Your preoccupation with your daily needs neutralizes you – its like you’re stuck in midair somewhere!  MIRROR

JN 12: 27 “Even though I am torn within, and my soul is in turmoil, I will not ask the Father to rescue me from this hour of trial. For I have come to fulfill my purpose —to offer myself to God.

28 So, Father, bring glory to your name!” Then suddenly a booming voice was heard from the sky, “I have glorified my name! And I will glorify it through you again!”

29 The audible voice of God startled the crowd standing nearby. Some thought it was only thunder, yet others said, “An angel just spoke to him!”

30 Then Jesus told them, “The voice you heard was not for my benefit, but for yours—to help you believe.  TPT

LUKE 22:41Then he withdrew from them a short distance to be alone. Kneeling down, he prayed,

42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup of agony away from me. But no matter what, your will must be mine.”

43 Jesus called for an angel of glory to strengthen him, and the angel appeared.  TPT

2 COR 4:8  We often feel completely hemmed in on every side but our inner space remains unrestricted; when there seems to be no way out, we escape within!

9 At times we are persecuted to the extreme but we are never abandoned. We are knocked down but not knocked out.

10 Wherever we go, whatever we encounter in our bodies, we bear witness within us of the fact that Jesus died our death; in this same body, we now exhibit his life. The fact that we co-died in his death confirms that we now co-live in his resurrection!

11 Our day-to-day experience continues to exhibit that even in the face of death, our association with the death Jesus already died remains the inspiration of his life made so clearly visible within us. This is in such contrast to the circumstances that we are often faced with.   MIRROR

WHAT IS TRUE FORGIVNESS? 7-7-24 VIDEO

Forgiveness is the product of unselfish love. Jesus took upon Himself our sin so that we could be restored back to the original intent for our lives without shame. Forgiveness is the currency of heaven. It is the unselfish unmerited love of God, given by Christ for all of mankind sins. We were bought with the price. Jesus used his blood as currency to buy our total forgiveness.

1 Cor 13:5 It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].

6 It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.  AMP

1 Corinthians 13:5 Love is predictable and does not behave out of character. Love is not ambitious. Love is not spiteful and gets no mileage out of another’s mistakes; it bears no record of wrongs.  

6 Love sees no joy in injustice. Love’s delight is in everything that truth celebrates. MIRROR

PS 32:1 What bliss belongs to the one whose rebellion has been forgiven, those whose sins are covered by blood.

2 What bliss belongs to those who have confessed their corruption to God! For he wipes their slates clean and removes hypocrisy from their hearts.

3 Before I confessed my sins, I kept it all inside; my dishonesty devastated my inner life,

causing my life to be filled with frustration, irrepressible anguish, and misery.

4 The pain never let up, for your hand of conviction was heavy on my heart. My strength was sapped, my inner life dried up like a spiritual drought within my soul. Pause in his presence

5 Then I finally admitted to you all my sins, refusing to hide them any longer. I said, “My life-giving God, I will openly acknowledge my evil actions.” And you forgave me! All at once the guilt of my sin washed away and all my pain disappeared! Pause in his presence

6 This is what I’ve learned through it all: All believers should confess their sins to God;

do it every time God has uncovered you in the time of exposing. For if you do this, when sudden storms of life overwhelm, you’ll be kept safe. TPT

Luke 1:76   And you child, will be named the one who unveils the thoughts of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare the way of the Lord; to turn our attention to a face to face encounter with his prophetic intention.

77  And so, to endue us with the knowledge of salvation, for everyone to become fully acquainted with their forgiveness and their release from bondage to the distortions of sin.  Mirror

EPH 1:7  Since we are [fully represented] in him, his blood is the ransom that secures our redemption. His forgiving our sins measures the wealth of his grace.

8  This grace shown towards us communicates a wisdom and discernment of our worth that completely surpasses any definition.

9  The secret is out. His cherished love dream now unfolds in front of our very eyes.

10  In the economy of the fullness of time, everything culminates in Christ. All that is in heaven and all that is on earth is reconciled in him.  Jesus is the consummation of the ages.

11  This is how we fit into God’s picture: Christ is the measure of our portion, we are in him, invented and defined in him. God’s blueprint intention is on exhibition in us. Everything he accomplishes is inspired by the energy and intent of his affection.  

12  It was our initial privilege (as Jews) to cherish the Messianic hope; our lives in Christ were destined to prophetically promote the celebration of his 1glorious plan with mankind. Mirror

Colossians 1:14   In God’s mind mankind is associated in Christ; in his blood sacrifice we were ransomed; our redemption was secured; our 1sins were completely done away with.  Mirror

Col 1:14-15 the Son who got us out of the pit we were in, got rid of the sins we were doomed to keep repeating. Christ Holds It All Together MSG

Hebrews 10:17  This is final: I have no record of your sins and misdeeds. I cannot recall them. (Nothing in God’s reference of mankind, reminds him of sin.

18  Sins were dealt with in such a thorough manner that the idea of future offerings would never again be considered. Nothing that we can personally sacrifice could add any virtue to our innocence.

19  So, fellow family, what the blood of Jesus communicates, seals  our immediate access into this ultimate place of sacred encounter, with unashamed confidence.

20  This is the official inauguration of a brand new way of life. The torn flesh of Jesus opened the veil for us. Our own flesh can no longer be a valid excuse to interrupt the expression of the life of our design from within our innermost shrine.

21  We have a High Priest in the house.

22  We are free to approach God with absolute confidence, fully persuaded in our hearts that nothing can any longer separate us. We are invited to draw near now. We are thoroughly cleansed, inside and out, with no trace of sin’s stains on our conscience or conduct. The sprinkled blood purges our inner thought-patterns; our bodies also are bathed in clean water.

23  Our conversation echoes his persuasion; his faithfulness backs his promises.  (His integrity inspires our confession. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.)

24  Let us also think of creative ways by which we can influence one another to find inspired expression in doing things that benefit others. Good actions give voice and volume to the love of God. Mirror

MATT 6: 14“And when you pray, make sure you forgive the faults of others so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you.

15 But if you withhold forgiveness from others, your Father withholds forgiveness from you.” TPT

Matt 6:14 “In prayer there is a connection between what God does and what you do. You can’t get forgiveness from God, for instance, without also forgiving others.

15 If you refuse to do your part, you cut yourself off from God’s part.  MSG

MATT 18:21 Later Peter approached Jesus and said, “How many times do I have to forgive my fellow believer who keeps offending me? Seven times?”

22 Jesus answered, “Not seven times, Peter, but seventy times seven times! TPT

MK 11:24 This is the reason I urge you to boldly believe for whatever you ask for in prayer—be convinced that you have received it and it will be yours.

25 And whenever you stand praying, if you find that you carry something in your heart against another person, release him and forgive him so that your Father in heaven will also release you and forgive you of your faults.  TPT

Eph 4:31 Let all bitterness and indignation and wrath (passion, rage, bad temper) and resentment (anger, animosity) and quarreling (brawling, clamor, contention) and slander (evil-speaking, abusive or blasphemous language) be banished from you, with all malice (spite, ill will, or baseness of any kind).

32 And become useful and helpful and kind to one another, tenderhearted (compassionate, understanding, loving-hearted), forgiving one another [readily and freely], as God in Christ forgave you.  AMP

Ephesians 4:31   Take up the strongest possible position against every form of distorted behavior in your own life. Do not allow yourself to be spiteful; outbursts of violent emotion and rage do not become you. You don’t have to shout in order to make your point. People must feel safe in your conversation; therefore, slander and hurtful words [blasphemy] are out.

32  Be inspired by kindness and compassion; your forgiving one another when you might feel irritated and frustrated demonstrates the way God graciously treated us in Christ. Mirror

COL 3:13 Tolerate the weaknesses of those in the family of faith, forgiving one another in the same way you have been graciously forgiven by Jesus Christ. If you find fault with someone, release this same gift of forgiveness to them.

14 For love is supreme and must flow through each of these virtues. Love becomes the mark of true maturity.   TPT

Col 3:13 Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you.

14 And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It’s your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it. MSG

Gal 6:1 Live creatively, friends. If someone falls into sin, forgivingly restore him, saving your critical comments for yourself. You might be needing forgiveness before the day’s out. MSG

Luke 24:47 and then a total life-change through the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed in his name to all nations — starting from here, from Jerusalem! MSG

Rom 5:20 All that passing laws against sin did was produce more lawbreakers. But sin didn’t, and doesn’t, have a chance in competition with the aggressive forgiveness we call grace. When it’s sin versus grace, grace wins hands down. MSG

Acts 10:43 But we’re not alone in this. Our witness that he is the means to forgiveness of sins is backed up by the witness of all the prophets.”  MSG

2 Cor 5:19-20 God put the world square with himself through the Messiah, giving the world a fresh start by offering forgiveness of sins. God has given us the task of telling everyone what he is doing.

20 We’re Christ’s representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God’s work of making things right between them. We’re speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he’s already a friend with you. MSG

Acts 13:38 I want you to know, my very dear friends, that it is on account of this resurrected Jesus that the forgiveness of your sins can be promised.

39 He accomplishes, in those who believe, everything that the Law of Moses could never make good on. But everyone who believes in this raised-up Jesus is declared good and right and whole before God. MSG

Hebrews 10;17  This is final: I have no record of your sins and misdeeds. I cannot recall them.

18  Sins were dealt with in such a thorough manner that the idea of future offerings would never again be considered. Nothing that we can personally sacrifice could add any virtue to our innocence.

19  So, fellow family, what the blood of Jesus communicates, seals  our immediate access into this ultimate place of sacred encounter, with unashamed confidence.

20  This is the official inauguration of a brand new way of life. The torn flesh of Jesus opened the veil for us. Our own flesh can no longer be a valid excuse to interrupt the expression of the life of our design from within our innermost shrine.

MATT 26:27 Then taking the cup of wine, he gave thanks to the Father, he entered into covenant with them, saying, “This is my blood. Each of you must drink it in fulfillment of the covenant.

28 For this is the blood that seals the new covenant. It will be poured out for many for the complete forgiveness of sins. TPT

GOD WILL INTERVENE 6-28-24 VIDEO A CONVERSATION WITH MYSELF

DIVINE INTERVENTION God will intervene in our lives. God intervenes in our lives through miracles, dreams, and random events. These interventions are a sign of God’s love. They always seem to come at the right time not early, not late. God believes we can fulfill our destiny. He intervenes in our lives when we get off our path. We do not always believe in ourselves.

Ex 3:1 Moses was shepherding the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the west end of the wilderness and came to the mountain of God, Horeb.

2 The angel of God appeared to him in flames of fire blazing out of the middle of a bush. He looked. The bush was blazing away but it didn’t burn up.

3 Moses said, “What’s going on here? I can’t believe this! Amazing! Why doesn’t the bush burn up?”

4 God saw that he had stopped to look. God called to him from out of the bush, “Moses! Moses!” He said, “Yes? I’m right here!”

5 God said, “Don’t come any closer. Remove your sandals from your feet. You’re standing on holy ground.”

6 Then he said, “I am the God of your father: The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face, afraid to look at God.

7 God said, “I’ve taken a good, long look at the affliction of my people in Egypt. I’ve heard their cries for deliverance from their slave masters; I know all about their pain.

8 And now I have come down to help them, pry them loose from the grip of Egypt, get them out of that country and bring them to a good land with wide-open spaces, a land lush with milk and honey, the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

ACTS 7:30 After forty years had passed, while he was in the desert near Mount Sinai, the Messenger of Yahweh appeared to him in the midst of a flaming thorn bush.

31 Moses was astonished and stunned by what he was seeing, so he drew closer to observe this marvel. Then the Lord Yahweh spoke to him out of the flames:

32‘I am the living God, the God of your ancestors. I am the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’

“Trembling in God’s presence and overwhelmed with awe, Moses didn’t even dare to look into the fire.

33 “Out of the flames the Lord Yahweh said to him: ‘Take the sandals off your feet,

for you are standing in the realm of holiness.

34 I have watched and seen how my people have been mistreated in Egypt. I have heard their painful groaning, and now I have come down to set them free. So come to me, Moses,

for I am sending you to Egypt to represent me.’

35 “So God sent back to Egypt the man our people rejected and refused to recognize by saying, ‘Who appointed you to be our ruler and judge?’ God sent this man back to be their ruler and deliverer, commissioned with the power of the messenger who appeared to him in the flaming thorn bush.

36 This man brought the people out from their Egyptian bondage with many astonishing wonders and miracle signs—miracles in Egypt, miracles at the Red Sea, and miracles during their forty-year journey through the wilderness.

37 This is the same Moses who said to our ancestors, ‘The Lord God will raise up one from among you who will be a prophet to you, like I have been. Listen to everything he will say!’

38 “Moses led the congregation in the wilderness and he spoke face-to-face with the angel who spoke with him on the top of Mount Sinai. Along with our ancestors, he received the living oracles of God that were passed down to us.

39 But our forefathers refused to obey. They pushed him away, and their hearts longed to return to Egypt. TPT

Ex 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea and God, with a terrific east wind all night long, made the sea go back. He made the sea dry ground. The seawaters split.

22 The Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground with the waters a wall to the right and to the left.

23 The Egyptians came after them in full pursuit, every horse and chariot and driver of Pharaoh racing into the middle of the sea.

24 It was now the morning watch. God looked down from the Pillar of Fire and Cloud on the Egyptian army and threw them into a panic.

25 He clogged the wheels of their chariots; they were stuck in the mud. The Egyptians said, “Run from Israel! God is fighting on their side and against Egypt!”

26 God said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea and the waters will come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots, over their horsemen.”  MSG

Ex 15:1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to God, giving voice together, I’m singing my heart out to God — what a victory! He pitched horse and rider into the sea.

2 God is my strength, God is my song, and, yes! God is my salvation. This is the kind of God I have and I’m telling the world! This is the God of my father —  I’m spreading the news far and wide! MSG

Ex 6:6 Therefore tell the Israelites: “I am God. I will bring you out from under the cruel hard labor of Egypt. I will rescue you from slavery. I will redeem you, intervening with great acts of judgment.

7 I’ll take you as my own people and I’ll be God to you. You’ll know that I am God, your God who brings you out from under the cruel hard labor of Egypt.

8 I’ll bring you into the land that I promised to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and give it to you as your own country. I AM God.”  MSG

Psalm 95:3 For the Lord is the greatest of all, King-God over all other gods!

4 In one hand he holds the mysteries of the earth, and in the other he holds the highest mountain peaks.

5 He’s the owner of every ocean, the engineer and sculptor of earth itself!

6 Come and kneel before this Creator-God; come and bow before the mighty God, our majestic maker!

7-9 For we are those he cares for, and he is the God we worship. So drop everything else and listen to his voice! For this is what he’s saying: “Today, when I speak, don’t even think about turning a deaf ear to me like they did when they tested me at Meribah and Massah, the place where they argued with me, their Creator. Your ancestors challenged me over and over with their complaining, even though I had convinced them of my power and love. They still doubted my care for them. TPT

Isa 59:19 So [as the result of the Messiah’s intervention] they shall [reverently] fear the name of the Lord from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him and put him to flight [for He will come like a rushing stream which the breath of the Lord drives].  AMP

Col 1:16 For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him.

17 And He Himself existed before all things, and in Him all things consist (cohere, are held together). AMP

Col 1:20 And God purposed that through (by the service, the intervention of) Him [the Son] all things should be completely reconciled back to Himself, whether on earth or in heaven, as through Him, [the Father] made peace by means of the blood of His cross. AMP

COL 1:20 And by the blood of his cross, everything in heaven and earth is brought back to himself—back to its original intent, restored to innocence again! TPT

Mark 13:20 If he let the days of trouble run their course, nobody would make it. But because of God’s chosen people, those he personally chose, he has already intervened. MSG

Est 9:25 But when Queen Esther intervened with the king, he gave written orders that the evil scheme that Haman had worked out should boomerang back on his own head. He and his sons were hanged on the gallows. MSG

Dan 10:12- “‘Relax, Daniel,’ he continued, ‘don’t be afraid. From the moment you decided to humble yourself to receive understanding, your prayer was heard, and I set out to come to you.

13 But I was waylaid by the angel-prince of the kingdom of Persia

14 and was delayed for a good three weeks. But then Michael, one of the chief angel-princes, intervened to help me. I left him there with the prince of the kingdom of Persia. And now I’m here to help you understand what will eventually happen to your people. The vision has to do with what’s ahead.’  MSG

Gal 1:16 No he has intervened and revealed his Son to me so that I might joyfully tell non-Jews about him. Immediately after my calling — without consulting anyone around me   MSG

Heb 7:21 But then God intervened and called this new, permanent priesthood into being with an added promise: God gave his word; he won’t take it back: “You’re the permanent priest.”

22 This makes Jesus the guarantee of a far better way between us and God — one that really works! A new covenant. MSG

Heb 7:28 The law appoints as high priests men who are never able to get the job done right. But this intervening command of God, which came later, appoints the Son, who is absolutely, eternally perfect. MSG

Mark 5:35 While he was still talking, some people came from the leader’s house and told him, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?”

36 Jesus overheard what they were talking about and said to the leader, “Don’t listen to them; just trust me.”

37 He permitted no one to go in with him except Peter, James, and John.

38 They entered the leader’s house and pushed their way through the gossips looking for a story and neighbors bringing in casseroles.

39 Jesus was abrupt: “Why all this busybody grief and gossip? This child isn’t dead; she’s sleeping.”

40 Provoked to sarcasm, they told him he didn’t know what he was talking about. But when he had sent them all out, he took the child’s father and mother, along with his companions, and entered the child’s room.

41 He clasped the girl’s hand and said, “Talitha koum,” which means, “Little girl, get up.”

42 At that, she was up and walking around! This girl was twelve years of age. They, of course, were all beside themselves with joy.  MSG

2 Peter 1:3 Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know, personally and intimately, the One who invited us to God. The best invitation we ever received! MSG

2 PET 1:3 Everything we could ever need for life and godliness has already been deposited in us by his divine power. For all this was lavished upon us through the rich experience of knowing him who has called us by name and invited us to come to him through a glorious manifestation of his goodness. TPT

Heb 7:28 The law appoints as high priests men who are never able to get the job done right. But this intervening command of God, which came later, appoints the Son, who is absolutely, eternally perfect. MSG

JER 29:11 ‘Here’s what Yahweh says to you: “I know all about the marvelous destiny I have in store for you, a future planned out in detail. My intention is not to harm you but to surround you with peace and prosperity and to give you a beautiful future, glistening with hope. ‘ TPT

IF YOU KNEW by Mary Dorian 6-30-24

Deut 4:29 But even there, if you seek God, your God, you’ll be able to find him if you’re serious, looking for him with your whole heart and soul. MSG

30 When troubles come and all these awful things happen to you, in future days you will come back to God, your God, and listen obediently to what he says.

31 God, your God, is above all a compassionate God. In the end he will not abandon you, he won’t bring you to ruin, he won’t forget the covenant with your ancestors which he swore to them.

32 Ask questions. Find out what has been going on all these years before you were born. From the day God created man and woman on this Earth, and from the horizon in the east to the horizon in the west — as far back as you can imagine and as far away as you can imagine — has as great a thing as this ever happened? Has anyone ever heard of such a thing?  MSG

Deut 6:5 Love God, your God, with your whole heart: love him with all that’s in you, love him with all you’ve got!  MSG

Deut 30:6 God, your God, will cut away the thick calluses on your heart and your children’s hearts, freeing you to love God, your God, with your whole heart and soul and live, really live. MSG

Mark 12:29 Jesus said, “The first in importance is, ‘Listen, Israel: The Lord your God is one;

30 so love the Lord God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy.’  

31 And here is the second: ‘Love others as well as you love yourself.’ There is no other commandment that ranks with these.” MSG

MARK 12:29 Jesus answered him, “The most important of all the commandments is this: ‘The Lord Yahweh, our God, is one!’ 

30 You are to love the Lord Yahweh, your God, with a passionate heart, from the depths of your soul, with your every thought, and with all your strength. This is the great and supreme commandment. 

31 And the second is this: ‘You must love your neighbor in the same way you love yourself.’ You will never find a greater commandment than these.” TPT

Mark 11:22 Then Jesus said to the disciples, “Have faith in God.

23 I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart.

24 I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours.  NLT

THE GRACIOUSNESS OF GOD 6-14-24 

VIDEO GRACE PROPHETIC SOAK GRAHAM

To be gracious as to show favor, to show kindness, to be compassionate. The heart of God is to be gracious to His people. He always hears us, always sees us, He has always conscious of us. He never forgets us.

ISA 49:15 Yahweh responds, “But how could a loving mother forget her nursing child

and not deeply love the one she bore? Even if there is a mother who forgets her child, I could never, no never, forget you.

16 Can’t you see? I have carved your name on the palms of my hands! Your walls are always my concern.  TPT

Isa 30:19 O people who dwell in Zion at Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you.  AMP

2 Cor 6:2 For He says, In the time of favor (of an assured welcome) I have listened to and heeded your call, and I have helped you on the day of deliverance (the day of salvation). Behold, now is truly the time for a gracious welcome and acceptance [of you from God]; behold, now is the day of salvation!  AMP

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2 COR 6:2 2For he says, I listened to you at the time of my favor. And the day when you needed salvation, I came to your aid.  So can’t you see? Now is the time to respond to his favor! Now is the day of salvation!  MIRROR

Matt 11:28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.]

29 Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls. 

30 For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good — not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is light and easy to be borne. AMP   ▼▼▼

Matt 11:28 “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest.

29 Walk with me and work with me — watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.

30 Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”  MSG

Luke 7:21 In that very hour Jesus was healing many [people] of sicknesses and distressing bodily plagues and evil spirits, and to many who were blind He gave [a free, gracious, joy-giving gift of] sight.  AMP

Luke 10:21 In that same hour He rejoiced and gloried in the Holy Spirit and said, I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have concealed these things [relating to salvation] from the wise and understanding and learned, and revealed them to babes (the childish, unskilled, and untaught). Yes, Father, for such was Your gracious will and choice and good pleasure. AMP 

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LUKE 10:21  Just then, Jesus began to leap with ecstatic joy in the Holy Spirit and burst out into praise, “Oh my Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I mirror your delight! You hid these things from the eloquent scholars of the day and unveiled it to babes! Yes Father, this joyous unveiling [in human form] is your glory! This is the radiance of your face!”   MIRROR

2 Cor 8:9 For you are becoming progressively acquainted with and recognizing more strongly and clearly the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (His kindness, His gracious generosity, His undeserved favor and spiritual blessing), [in] that though He was [so very] rich, yet for your sakes He became [so very] poor, in order that by His poverty you might become enriched (abundantly supplied). AMP

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2 COR 8:9 For you have experienced the extravagant grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was infinitely rich, he impoverished himself for our sake, so that by his poverty, we become rich beyond measure. TPT

Isa 63:7  I’ll make a list of God’s gracious dealings, all the things God has done that need praising, All the generous bounties of God, his great goodness to the family of Israel —  Compassion lavished, love extravagant. MSG

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ISA 63:7 I will tell again of the faithful, gracious acts of Yahweh and praise him for everything he has done for us—the wonderful goodness, the riches of his mercy,

which he has shown to the house of Israel, and the abundance of his endless love. TPT

Ps 45:2 You are fairer than the children of men; graciousness is poured upon Your lips; therefore God has blessed You forever.  AMP

Rom 11:5 So too at the present time there is a remnant (a small believing minority), selected (chosen) by grace (by God’s unmerited favor and graciousness).

6 But if it is by grace (His unmerited favor and graciousness), it is no longer conditioned on works or anything men have done. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace [it would be meaningless]. AMP

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ROM 11:5 Thus even in today’s context, God’s original word of grace has preserved a remnant of much larger proportion than what we can number.

6 Grace cannot suggest debt or obligation at the same time. The word grace can only mean what it says. The same argument goes for mankind’s good works; if salvation or any advantage for that matter is to be obtained according to prescribed regulations of conduct, then that’s it. No amount of grace can change the rules! Grace means grace and work means work. MIRROR

2 Chron 30:9 If you come back to God, your captive relatives and children will be treated compassionately and allowed to come home. Your God is gracious and kind and won’t snub you — come back and he’ll welcome you with open arms.”   MSG

Ps 116:5 God is gracious — it is he who makes things right, our most compassionate God.  MSG

Ps 145:13 Your kingdom is a kingdom eternal; you never get voted out of office. God always does what he says, and is gracious in everything he does. MSG

Prov 16:24 Gracious speech is like clover honey —  good taste to the soul, quick energy for the body.  MSG

Isa 30:18 But God’s not finished. He’s waiting around to be gracious to you. He’s gathering strength to show mercy to you. God takes the time to do everything right — everything. Those who wait around for him are the lucky ones. MSG

Dan 4:2 It is my privilege to report to you the gracious miracles that the High God has done for me.  MSG

Acts 20:32  “Now I’m turning you over to God, our marvelous God whose gracious Word can make you into what he wants you to be and give you everything you could possibly need in this community of holy friends. MSG

Col 4:6 Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out. MSG

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COL 4:6 Season your conversation with grace. This remains the most attractive and appropriate option to respond in every situation.  MIRROR

1 Cor 15:10  But because God was so gracious, so very generous, here I am. And I’m not about to let his grace go to waste. Haven’t I worked hard trying to do more than any of the others? Even then, my work didn’t amount to all that much. It was God giving me the work to do, God giving me the energy to do it. MSG

Phil 4:8 Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious — the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.

9 Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies. MSG

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PHIL 4:8 Now let this be your conclusive reasoning: consider that which is true about everyone as evidenced in Christ. Live overwhelmed by God’s opinion of you! Acquaint yourselves with the revelation of righteousness; realize God’s likeness in you. Make it your business to declare mankind’s redeemed innocence. Think friendship. Discover how famous everyone is in the light of the gospel; mankind is in God’s limelight! Ponder how elevated you are in Christ. Study stories that celebrate life.

9 These things are consistent with all that I teach and live; you can confidently practice what you hear and see in me. The peace that inevitably follows this lifestyle is more than a fuzzy feeling; this is God himself endorsing our seamless oneness. MIRROR

1 Peter 3:4 but your inner disposition. Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in. MSG

Eph 1:7 In Him we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His blood, the remission (forgiveness) of our offenses (shortcomings and trespasses), in accordance with the riches and the generosity of His gracious favor,

8 Which He lavished upon us in every kind of wisdom and understanding (practical insight and prudence),  AMP

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EPH 1:7  Since we are now joined to Christ, we have been given the treasures of redemption by his blood—the total cancellation of our sins—all because of the cascading riches of his grace.

8 This superabundant grace is already powerfully working in us, releasing all forms of wisdom and practical understanding.  TPT

VICTORY OVER UNBELIEF 6-2-24  VIDEO STRONG IS OUR FAITH

I saw the Spirit, a beautiful crown, covered with jewels of green, turquoise, red, amber. I understood the Spirit was waiting for those who would not give up! Who would hold fast to their belief in spite of any circumstances that would come. Victory happens when we believed based on faith not on sight. True victory comes, not from trusting in human strength, but in God. We are not just victorious, but we are more than conquerors.

MATT 9:28-29 And they followed him right into the house where Jesus was staying. So Jesus asked them, “Do you believe that I have the power to restore sight to your eyes?” They replied, “Yes Lord, we believe!”

²⁹ Then Jesus put his hands over their eyes and said, “You will have what your faith expects!”  TPT

Phil 4:1 THEREFORE, MY brethren, whom I love and yearn to see, my delight and crown (wreath of victory), thus stand firm in the Lord, my beloved. AMP

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Phil 4:1 My dear, dear friends! I love you so much. I do want the very best for you. You make me feel such joy, fill me with such pride. Don’t waver. Stay on track, steady in God. MSG

2 TIM 4:5 But you be vigilant in all things, don’t allow the devastating things that you suffer to get to you! Continue in the full persuasion of your ministry as herald of the Good News; you cannot have a more poetic job description!

6 So here I am, my life is poured out as a wine offering on the altar of ministry; I am ready to go!

7 Like a champion athlete I have run my race and completed the course; I have carefully attended to the faith!  

8 My wreath of righteousness awaits me as testimony to the Lord’s righteous judgment. He will crown me in that day, the moment I step out of this body. I will not be the only one receiving a wreath of honor; everyone, loving the brilliance of his appearing will be jointly crowned!   MIRROR

James 1:12 Anyone who meets a testing challenge head-on and manages to stick it out is mighty fortunate. For such persons loyally in love with God, the reward is life and more life.  MSG

Mal 3:16 Then those whose lives honored God got together and talked it over. God saw what they were doing and listened in. A book was opened in God’s presence and minutes were taken of the meeting, with the names of the God-fearers written down, all the names of those who honored God’s name.

17 God-of-the-Angel-Armies said, “They’re mine, all mine. They’ll get special treatment when I go into action. I treat them with the same consideration and kindness that parents give the child who honors them. MSG

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Mal 3:16 Then those who feared the Lord talked often one to another; and the Lord listened and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him of those who reverenced and worshipfully feared the Lord and who thought on His name.

17 And they shall be Mine, says the Lord of hosts, in that day when I publicly recognize and openly declare them to be My jewels (My special possession, My peculiar treasure). And I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.AMP

Rom 4:20 He didn’t tiptoe around God’s promise asking cautiously skeptical questions. He plunged into the promise and came up strong, ready for God,

21 sure that God would make good on what he had said.

22 That’s why it is said, “Abraham was declared fit before God by trusting God to set him right.”

23 But it’s not just Abraham;

24 it’s also us! The same thing gets said about us when we embrace and believe the One who brought Jesus to life when the conditions were equally hopeless. MSG  ▼▼▼

ROM 4:20-21 He never stopped believing God’s promise, for he was made strong in his faith to father a child. And because he was mighty in faith and convinced that God had all the power needed to fulfill his promises, Abraham glorified God!

22 So now you can see why Abraham’s faith was credited to his account as righteousness before God.

23 And this declaration was not just spoken over Abraham,

24 but also over us. For when we believe and embrace the one who brought our Lord Jesus back to life, perfect righteousness will be credited to our account as well.  TPT

HEB 4:11 Let us therefore be prompt to understand and fully appropriate that rest and not fall again into the same trap that snared Israel in unbelief.

12 The message God spoke to us in Christ, is the most life giving and dynamic influence in us, cutting like a surgeon’s scalpel, sharper than a soldier’s sword, piercing to the deepest core of human conscience, to the dividing of soul and spirit; ending the dominance of the sense realm and its neutralizing effect upon the human spirit. In this way a person’s spirit is freed to become the ruling influence again in the thoughts and intentions of their heart. The scrutiny of this living Sword-Logos detects every possible disease, discerning the body’s deepest secrets where joint and bone-marrow meet.

13 The entire person is thoroughly exposed to his scrutinizing gaze.   

14 In the message of the incarnation, we have Jesus the Son of God representing mankind in the highest place of spiritual authority. That which God has spoken to us in him is his final word. It is echoed now in our conversation.

15 As High Priest he fully identifies with us in the context of our frail human lives. Having subjected it to close scrutiny, he proved that the human frame was master over sin. His sympathy with us is not to be seen as excusing weaknesses which are the result of a faulty design, but rather as a trophy to mankind.  

16 For this reason we can approach the authoritative throne of grace with bold utterance. We are welcome there in his embrace, and are reinforced with immediate effect in times of trouble.  MIRROR

Heb 11:7 By faith, Noah built a ship in the middle of dry land. He was warned about something he couldn’t see, and acted on what he was told. The result? His family was saved. His act of faith drew a sharp line between the evil of the unbelieving world and the rightness of the believing world. As a result, Noah became intimate with God. MSG

James 1:5 If you don’t know what you’re doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You’ll get his help, and won’t be condescended to when you ask for it.

6 Ask boldly, believingly, without a second thought. People who “worry their prayers” are like wind-whipped waves. MSG

James 1:16 So, my very dear friends, don’t get thrown off course.

17 Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle.

18 He brought us to life using the true Word, showing us off as the crown of all his creatures. MSG

Heb 3:12 So watch your step, friends. Make sure there’s no evil unbelief lying around that will trip you up and throw you off course, diverting you from the living God.  MSG

MARK 9:23 Jesus said to him, “What do you mean ‘if’? If you are able to believe, all things are possible to the believer.”

24 When he heard this, the boy’s father cried out with tears, saying, “I do believe, Lord; help my little faith!”  TPT

LUKE 17:5 His missionaries said to him, Master, we will need a lot more faith to make this possible!

6 But Jesus replied, You don’t need any more faith. Faith is not measured by the size of the challenges it faces. Even if your faith seems as insignificantly small as a mustard seed, it has what it takes for you to uproot a massive sycamore tree and tell it be planted in the ocean! MIRROR

John 20:29 Jesus said to him, Because you have seen Me, Thomas, do you now believe (trust, have faith)? Blessed and happy and to be envied are those who have never seen Me and yet have believed and adhered to and trusted and relied on Me.

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John 20:29 Jesus said, “So, you believe because you’ve seen with your own eyes. Even better blessings are in store for those who believe without seeing.”  MSG

PS 20:7 Some find their strength in their weapons and wisdom, but my miracle-deliverance can never be won by men. Our boast is in Yahweh our God, who makes us strong and gives us victory! TPT

ROM 8:37 On the contrary, in the thick of these things our triumph remains beyond dispute. His love has placed us above the reach of any onslaught. MIRROR

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Rom 8:37 Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us. AMP

1 JN 5:4 Whatever is born of God is destined to triumph over the world system. Our faith celebrates a victory that is already accomplished!

5 This is the ultimate victory: the certainty that the human Jesus is the divine Son of God;  MIRROR

Hab 3:18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the [victorious] God of my salvation!   AMP

Rev 21:7 He who is victorious shall inherit all these things, and I will be God to him and he shall be My son. AMP

Zech 9:16 And the Lord their God will save them on that day as the flock of His people, for they shall be as the [precious] jewels of a crown, lifted high over and shining glitteringly upon His land. AMP

1 COR 9:24 Athletes run a race to win; their aim is to receive the prize not just to compete! This is why I preach, to persuade you and not just to entertain you!  

25 The athlete knows how to draw from focused inner strength in order to win the crown; for them all their effort translates into a mere moment celebrated by a fading wreath of honor. For us to win your faith is of imperishable value!

26 I run with certain victory in my every step! I am not shadow boxing when I preach!

27 I deliberately compare myself to the sacrifice and dedication of a champion athlete; in similar fashion I would pummel my body and subdue it! I would deny myself many things in my pursuit to win your faith so that you will not have any excuse to reject my message. I want you, not your money!  MIRROR

1 PET 5:4 And when the Shepherd-King appears, you will win the victor’s crown of glory that never fades away.TPT

Jude1:3  Dear friends, I’ve dropped everything to write you about this life of salvation that we have in common. I have to write insisting — begging! — that you fight with everything you have in you for this faith entrusted to us as a gift to guard and cherish.  MSG

STEP INTO BOLDNESS AND RENEW YOUR HOPE FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE 5-24-24

VIDEO THIS IS HOW TO KEEP BELIEVING GOD 2

Just wanted to remind you, that you are not hoping in vain.Your hope is resting on the Lord God, Almighty. You are here for such a time as this. Impossible means incapable of happening or occurring, it can’t be done. But hoping in God makes everything possible.

LUKE 1:37 Then Gabriel quotes Genesis 18:14 from the Septuagint, “Every word of God is equal to God’s power and purpose to perform that word!”  MIRROR

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LUKE 1:37 Not one promise from God is empty of power. Nothing is impossible with God!”  TPT

Luke 18:27  “No chance at all,” Jesus said, “if you think you can pull it off by yourself. Every chance in the world if you trust God to do it.”   MSG

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LUKE 18:27 Jesus responded, “What appears humanly impossible is more than possible with God. For God can do what man cannot.”  TPT

PS 42:11 So I say to my soul, “Don’t be discouraged. Don’t be disturbed. For I know my God will break through for me.” Then I’ll have plenty of reasons to praise him all over again. Yes, he is my saving grace! TPT

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Ps 42:11 Why are you down in the dumps, dear soul? Why are you crying the blues? Fix my eyes on God —  soon I’ll be praising again. He puts a smile on my face. He’s my God. MSG

Ps 27:14 Stay with God! Take heart. Don’t quit. I’ll say it again: Stay with God. MSG

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PS 27:14 Here’s what I’ve learned through it all: Don’t give up ;don’t be impatient; be entwined as one with the Lord. Be brave and courageous, and never lose hope. Yes, keep on waiting— for he will never disappoint you ! TPT

PS 39:7 And now, God, I’m left with one conclusion: my only hope is to hope in you alone!  TPT

PS 119:49 Lord, never forget the promises you’ve made to me, for they are my hope and confidence.

50 In all of my affliction I find great comfort in your promises, for they have kept me alive! TPT

Ps 119:114 You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word.  AMP

PROV 10:28 Lovers of God have a joyful feast of gladness, but the ungodly see their hopes vanish right before their eyes.

29 The beautiful ways of God are a safe resting place for those who have integrity.  But to those who work wickedness the ways of God spell doom. TPT

PROV 13:12 When hope’s dream seems to drag on and on, the delay can be depressing. But when at last your dream comes true, life’s sweetness will satisfy your soul. TPT

PROV 14:32 The wicked are crushed by every calamity, but the righteous find a strong hope in the time of death. TPT

JER 29:11 his is the one who gives his strength and might to his people. This is the Lord giving us his kiss of peace. TPT

JER 31:16 YAHWEH Says, “Stop weeping and wipe away your tears! For I will reward you for raising your children declares YAHWEH, “and they will return from the land of their enemies.

17 There is a door of hope for your future after all your children will return to their homeland,” declares YAHWEH.  TPT

Lam 3:21 But there’s one other thing I remember, and remembering, I keep a grip on hope:

22 God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out, his merciful love couldn’t have dried up.

23 They’re created new every morning. How great your faithfulness!

24 I’m sticking with God (I say it over and over). He’s all I’ve got left.

25 God proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks.

26 It’s a good thing to quietly hope, quietly hope for help from God. MSG

Lam 3:28 When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence.

29 Bow in prayer. Don’t ask questions: Wait for hope to appear.

30 Don’t run from trouble. Take it full-face. The “worst” is never the worst. MSG

Eph 2:11 But don’t take any of this for granted. It was only yesterday that you outsiders to God’s ways

12 had no idea of any of this, didn’t know the first thing about the way God works, hadn’t the faintest idea of Christ. You knew nothing of that rich history of God’s covenants and promises in Israel, hadn’t a clue about what God was doing in the world at large.

13 Now because of Christ — dying that death, shedding that blood — you who were once out of it altogether are in on everything. MSG

1 TIM 4:10 For the sake of this ministry, we toil tirelessly and are criticized continually, simply because our hope is in the living God. He is the wonderful life-giver of all the children of men, and even more so to those who believe. TPT

Titus 3:7 God’s gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there’s more life to come — an eternity of life!

8 You can count on this. I want you to put your foot down. Take a firm stand on these matters so that those who have put their trust in God will concentrate on the essentials that are good for everyone. MSG

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TITUS 3:7 So as a gift of his love, and since we are faultless— innocent before his face—we can now become heirs of all things, all because of an overflowing hope of eternal life.

8 How true and faithful is this message! TPT

Heb 3:6 But Christ (the Messiah) was faithful over His [own Father’s] house as a Son [and Master of it]. And it is we who are [now members] of this house, if we hold fast and firm to the end our joyful and exultant confidence and sense of triumph in our hope [in Christ].  AMP

Heb 6:11 But we do [strongly and earnestly] desire for each of you to show the same diligence and sincerity [all the way through] in realizing and enjoying the full assurance and development of [your] hope until the end,

12 In order that you may not grow disinterested and become [spiritual] sluggards, but imitators, behaving as do those who through faith (by their leaning of the entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) and by practice of patient endurance and waiting are [now] inheriting the promises.  AMP

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Heb 6:11 And now I want each of you to extend that same intensity toward a full-bodied hope, and keep at it till the finish.

12 Don’t drag your feet. Be like those who stay the course with committed faith and then get everything promised to them. MSG

Heb 6:18 God can’t break his word. And because his word cannot change, the promise is likewise unchangeable. We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go.

19 It’s an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God

20 where Jesus, running on ahead of us, has taken up his permanent post as high priest for us, in the order of Melchizedek. MSG

COL 1:23 if indeed you continue to advance in faith, assured of a firm foundation to grow upon. Never be shaken from the hope of the gospel you have believed in. And this is the glorious news I preach all over the world. TPT

Col 1:27 God wanted everyone, not just Jews, to know this rich and glorious secret inside and out, regardless of their background, regardless of their religious standing. The mystery in a nutshell is just this: Christ is in you, therefore you can look forward to sharing in God’s glory. It’s that simple. That is the substance of our Message. MSG

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Col 1:27  To whom God was pleased to make known how great for the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ within and among you, the Hope of [realizing the] glory.  AMP